Bowl for water-closets.



A. FINKBNSIEPER.

BOWL FOR WATER GLOSETS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1008.

Patented July 13, 1909.

0 Wve/M to v Finkensie ILA S UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER PAUL FINKENSIEPER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOWL FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

To all whom iii/may concern:

Be it known that I, ALnXAxnnu PAUL FINKENSIEPER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bowls for\Vater-Closets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to water-closets and more particularly to bowls foruse with the old form of iron trap such as used in the systems ofplumbing employed before the introduction of the present system whereina washout closet is constructed as a unit.

The main object of my invention is to provide ready means whereby an oldsystem of plumbing for water-closets employing flush-rim bowls may beprovided with the advantages of the washout closet system without havingto tear out the old piping and rip up the floor to install the newsystem.

A further object is to provide a detachable bowl, such as used with aniron trap, with means whereby the same will be kept clean and sanitaryby preventing the soil from getting between the two members of thecloset and remaining there to create an odor.

A still further object is to provide a washout closet that will be moreaccessible to repair than the one at present in use.

In the old systems employing a flush-rim bowl with an iron trap, thesoil passed through the bowl and into the iron trap where it stayeduntil washed through the trap by admitting water into the bowl. No waterwas held in the bowl so that if any soil adhered to the sides of thebowl, the incoming water would seldom wash it away. Also the outlet neckof the bowl did not enter the water held in the trap, so that soil &c.could lodge between the junction of the bowl and trap, creating badsmells and rendering the entire closet unsanitary. These evils werecorrected in the new system employing washout closets wherein the bowland trap are constructed as a unit, but it is necessary to have thedischarge or soil pipe, leading from the closet, below the floor, sothat if desired to have the new and more sanitary system it wasnecessary to provide entire new stand-pipes and rip up the flooring toput it in. Also it is necessary to have joints under the floor in thisnew system, which are liable to break Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 25, 1908.

a, Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 450,141.

and if they do break or leak it is expensive to fix them as the floormust be ripped up. l' urther in the washout closet it is necessary toput the vent below the trap which is not the proper place, the properplace being at the crown of the trap.

By practicing my invention it is possible to attain the advantages ofthe washout closet without having to rip out the old pipes, traps &c.which were employed with the flush-rim closet. Further, all joints areabove the floor and the vent can still be located at the proper place,namely at the crown of the trap.

My invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 illustrates diagrammatically theold system having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlargedvertical section through an iron trap having my invention appliedthereto. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line A A, Fig. 2.

Referring to the diagrammatic view Fig. 1, 1 indicates the floor ot' astructure in which the toilets are located and 2 indicates a standpipethrough which the soil from the closet is carried to the sewer, while 3indicates another stand-pipe through which the closets are vented.

The trap for the closet, indicated at 4, is constructed of iron and isprovided with a single turn or bend in which a quantity of water 5 isheld. The trap rests on the floor as shown and is connected to thestand-pipe 2 so that the contents from the trap or bowl will bedischarged into said pipe. A pipe (3 connects at one end with the ventpipe 3 and at the other is tapped into the crown of the trap as shown.

11 indicates a bowl of porcelain provided with a dip 12 adapted to holda quantity of water and also to receive the soil, the soil or othercontents being washed out of the dip by forcing a stream of water intoit in substantially the same manner that the ordinary wash-out closet iswashed, which method is old and well known in the art. A pipe 13 formedin the side of the bowl 11 and preferably integral therewith, receivesthe contents of the dip 12 and discharges them into the trap 4, the pipe18 being curved so that its outlet will be directly under the center ofthe bowl and fit into the trap. The outlet end of the pipe or passage 13is extended so that it enters the trap below the surface of the waterheld therein which prevents any dirty water or soil getting between thesurface of the bowl and the sides of the flared end of the trap. Thebowl is suitably supported on the flared end of the trap by a flange l4:resting thereon. The outer surface of the lower part of the bowl 11 iscone shaped and as shown in the section Fig. 6 fits closely all aroundthe flared end of the trap while the discharge pipe or passage 13 isformed in one side and so curred that the discharge end will comedirectly under the center of the bowl so as to permit it to enter thetrap l.

The invention claimed is In a water-closet, the combination with an irontrap provided with a flared end and consisting of a single turn adaptedto hold water and a horizontal discharge, of a porcelain bowl, the lowerpart of which is cone shaped and adapted to fit within the flared end ofsaid trap, a dip in said bowl adapted to hold a quantity of water and adischarge pipe formed within said bowl and adapted to receive thecontents from said dip, said pipe being formed within the cone shapedpart of said bowl and curved to bring its outlet directly under thecenter of said bowl and below the level of the water in said trap.Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this19th day of August A. D. 1908.

ALEXANDER PAUL FINKENSIEPER. Vitnesses C. T. TisouNnn, J11, H. SLANG.

